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CCDBAngiospermsDioscoreaceaeDioscoreaDioscorea mexicana Scheidw.

2 chromosome counts in Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw. Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.   64 IPCN online Pal, A. & A. K. Sharma. 1980. Analysis of cytotypes of Dioscorea and scope of increasing the diosgenin content. Cellule 73: 117–134.
!   Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw. Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.   36 IPCN66 Martin &Ortiz 1966